City Housing Agency Gives Boys Club Its Long-promised $8,400 Allocation

January 31, 1990|The Morning Call

The Easton Boys Club has received a $8,400 check from the city Housing Authority, ending a yearlong effort by club officials for the allocation.

Club Executive Director Dean Young said the money will be used to pay for sports equipment and backboards purchased last year for the club's facility at the Delaware Terrace housing project.

The club's efforts paid off last week when it agreed to provide proof to the authority that the youngsters served by the money live in public housing.

The authority placed the condition on the allocation after Executive Director Gary A. Smith said an official from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires the verification for any allocation to groups.

Club Executive Director Dean Young said the authority will be given a list of names and address for youngsters who belong to club programs, and also quarterly reports on activities and participants.

Young said he has already sent the authority the club's 1990 budget, plus a request for an additional $8,400 for this year.

Young said this year's expected allocation will be used for the club's "Educational and Cultural Enrichment Field Trips" program that exposes youngster to things not available to them. For example, one field trip will take youngsters to the National Keystone Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Young said he does not know when the club will get the money. Smith was unavailable for comment.